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Nearest Communities to Alder,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Alder, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Alder:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Alder.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Alder is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Wallowa County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wallowa County: Adams (ID), Idaho (ID), Nez Perce (ID), Baker, Umatilla, Union, Asotin (WA), Columbia (WA) & Garfield (WA).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alder. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Wallowa County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Alder (which is Wallowa County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Alder

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Wallowa County   (where Alder resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wallowa:   Enterprise
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alder   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alder.
      • Enterprise
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Freels
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Freels is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freels
      • Hurricane Grange
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Hurricane Grange is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Grange
      • Joseph
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lostine
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Evans
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Evans is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
      • Lostine Station
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Lostine Station is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostine Station
      • Pleasant Center
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Center is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Center
      • Armin ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Armin is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armin
      • Wallowa
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sevier
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Sevier is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevier
      • Lewis
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Lewis is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Zumwalt
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Zumwalt is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zumwalt
        • Chico ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Chico is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
        • Fruita
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Fruita is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruita
        • Imnaha
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Minam
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Minam is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minam
        • Maxville ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Maxville is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
        • Eustis ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Eustis is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
        • Kimmell
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Kimmell is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmell
  • Baker County
  • Union County
    • County Website:   https://unioncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Union:   La Grande
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alder   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alder.
      • Cove
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Elk Flat ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Elk Flat is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
      • Medical Springs
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Medical Springs is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
      • Union
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alder) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alder, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.